Harness for invalid hoists



Dec. 22, 1953 J. H. KALTHOFF HARNESS FOR INVALID HOISTS Filed llay 1,1950 Jesse H. Ka/Ilwff INVENTOR.

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Patented Dec. 22, 1953 UNITED STATES AT-ENT OFFICE HARNESS FOR INVALIDHOISTS Jesse H. Kalthoif, Kansas City, Mo.

Application May 1, 1950, Serial No. 159,308

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an invalid handling device capable oftransporting an invalid from one location to another.

An important object of the invention resides in the provision of a novelinvalid hoist consisting of a harness of leather or plastic belts, orbelts of other material, which may be engaged about the invalid so as toenable the invalid to fasten it about himself while in bed.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a harnessfor invalid hoist, which is strong, durable, highly efficient inoperation, simple in construction and manufacture, and capable of givingan invalid unusually safe support.

These, together with the various ancillary objeots of the inventionwhich will become apparent as the following description proceeds, areattained by this hoist and conveyor system for invalids, a preferredembodiment of which has been illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, byway of example only, wherein:

The figure is a perspective view of the invention.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing in detail, the harness isdesignated generally by the reference character 43 and mbodies in itsconstruction a vertically elongated loop 58 provided at the upper endthereof with a pair of eyes 60, 50 whereby the entire harness may beconveniently attached to and suspended from a suitable overhead support.

The loop 58 consists of a pair of band members 58a and 58b which aresecured by stitching 59 so as to form a relatively narrow upper portionof the loop, that is, so that the superposed band members are relativelynarrow in the upper portion of the loop, as shown.

The band members 58a, 58b in the lower portion of the loop arejuxtaposed and have contiguous overlapped edge portions secured togetherby the stitching 6| so that they provide a relatively wide region 63 forsupporting the thighs of the invalid.

The loop 58 is provided at one side thereof with readily separable means62, 68 of a conventional nature, whereby the thigh supporting region 63may be disconnected at one side and passed under an invalid.

A U-shaped seat forming strap 12 is secured at its opposite ends to theupper portions at the opposite sides of the loop 58 and extendsdownwardly and rearwardly therefrom, while a U-shaped back supportingstrap 10 is secured at the opposite ends thereof to the loop 58 atpoints adjacent the respective ends of seat forming strap 12. 1

Since, from the foregoing, the construction and advantages of thisinvention is readily apparent, further description is believed to beunnecessary.

However, since numerous modifications will readily occur to thoseskilled in the art after a consideration of the foregoing specificationand accompanying drawing, it is not intended to limit the invention tothe precise embodiment shown and described, but all suitablemodifications and equivalents may be resorted to which fall within thescope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A harness for invalid hoists, comprising a vertically elongatedloopadapted at its upper end for attachment to a hoist, said loop comprisinga air of band members which are superposed and secured together to forma relatively narrow upper portion of the loop, said band members in thelower portion of the loop being juxtaposed and having contiguousoverlapped edge portions secured together to provide a relativel widethigh supporting region, means at one side of said loop for separablyconnecting the upper and lower portions of the loop together wherebysaid thigh supporting region may be disconnected at one side and passedunder an invalid, a U-shaped seat forming strap secured at opposite endsthereof to the upper portions at opposite sides of said loop andextending downwardly and rearwardly therefrom, and a U-shaped backsupporting strap secured at opposite ends thereof to said loop at pointsadjacent the respective ends of the seat forming strap.

JESSE H. KALTHOFF.

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